743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment

743-й истребительный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 15463

Activated 7.41 as the 84th "A" Fighter Aviation Regiment.

8.41 renamed 348th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

10.1.42 renamed 743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

7.43 renamed 743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

10.51 renamed 743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 15.8.59.

Bases:

• Odessa, Odessa Oblast, 5.45 - 10.52 [46 25 37N, 30 40 44E]
• Lärz, Germany, 10.52 - 10.56 [53 18 20N, 12 45 08E]
• Valga, Estonian SSR, 10.56 - 8.59 [57 48 49N, 26 04 31E]

Aircraft:

• I-153, 1941-1942
• LaGG-3, 5.42-1943
• Hurricane, 8.43-1945
• Spitfire IX, 1945-1947
• La-7, 12.47-1949
• P-39 Airacobra, 1949-1951
• MiG-15, 11.51-1954
• MiG-17, 1954-1959

Subordination:

• 123rd Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 5.44 - 10.51
• 123rd Fighter Aviation Division, 10.51 - 8.59